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This picture taken on February 10, 2021 in Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh shows a woman viewing a tweet posted by the sister of Saudi activist Loujain al-Hathloul, Lina, showing a screenshot of them having a video call following Hathloul's release after nearly three years in detention (Fayez Nureldine / AFP)
February 11, 2021, 7:56 am
After 1,001 days, prominent Saudi women’s rights activist freed from prison
Loujain al-Hathloul, who pushed to end ban on women driving, remains under strict conditions including 5-year travel ban, 3 years of probation
By Isabel Debre
This November 30, 2014, image made from video released by Loujain al-Hathloul, shows her driving toward the United Arab Emirates-Saudi Arabia border before her arrest on December 1, 2014, in Saudi Arabia. (AP Photo/Loujain al-Hathloul, File)
December 28, 2020, 4:03 pm
Prominent Saudi women’s rights activist sentenced to nearly 6 years in prison
State-linked media says Loujain al-Hathloul, who campaigned for women’s right to drive and for end to guardianship laws, convicted on numerous charges by an anti-terror court
By AP
Reema al-Juffali, Saudi Arabia's first female race driver, poses in front of her car during an interview with AFP in Diriyah district in Riyadh on November 20, 2019. (Fayez Nureldine/AFP)
November 23, 2019, 8:39 am
In first, Saudi woman to drive race car in kingdom
Reema Juffali says she never expected to race professionally in Saudi Arabia, which lifted ban on female drivers last year: ‘The fact that I am doing it… is amazing’
By Anuj Chopra
Woman motorsport racer Amjad Al-Amri, featured in the new HBO documentary, 'Saudi Women's Driving School.' (Courtesy HBO)
October 24, 2019, 3:54 am
Film charts how newly licensed Saudi women motorists try to drive social change
Out October 24, HBO documentary ‘Saudi Women’s Driving School’ follows female drivers who maintain cautious optimism even as gender rights activists still sit behind bars
By Jordan Hoffman
A picture taken on January 19, 2018 shows Saudi women clad in the Abaya robes and men walking during the King Abdulaziz Camel Festival in Rumah, some 160 kilometers east of Riyadh. (AFP Photo/Fayez Nureldine)
August 3, 2019, 11:04 am
Saudi Arabia wins praise, ire as guardianship rules eased
Despite ‘progress,’ system not fully dismantled and longtime women’s rights activists still face travel bans or are on trial after a sweeping crackdown on dissent last year
By Anuj Chopra
Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman of Saudi Arabia, front second right, during a visit to the Kaaba shrine at the Grand Mosque in Mecca, February 12, 2019. (Twitter screen capture)
February 13, 2019, 10:13 pm
Saudi crown prince climbs atop Mecca’s Kaaba, angering foes
Mohammed bin Salman criticized at home and abroad by both Islamists and liberals after personally inspecting holy site
By ToI Staff
Hala Hussein Alireza, a newly-licensed Saudi motorist, drives a car in the Red Sea coastal city of Jeddah early on June 24, 2018. (AFP Photo/Amer Hilabi)
June 26, 2018, 9:23 am
‘Look, a woman driver!’ – Saudis tackle onslaught of sexism
120,000 women have applied for licenses, though many fear the reactions of men unused to the sight of a woman at the wheel
By Anuj Chopra
Aseel Al-Hamad, the first female member of Saudi Arabia's national motorsport federation, takes the wheel in a Twitter video posted on June 24, 2018, the day Saudi women gained the right to drive in the kingdom. (Twitter screen capture)
June 24, 2018, 5:09 pm
Saudi woman drives Formula 1 car to mark end of ban
Aseel Al-Hamad, the first female member of the Saudi motorsport federation, says taking the wheel at France’s Le Castellet circuit ‘shows what you can do if you have the passion’
By AFP
Daniah al-Ghalbi, a newly-licensed Saudi woman driver, sits in her car during a test-drive in the Red Sea resort of Jeddah on June 23, 2018, a day before the lifting of a ban on women driving in the conservative Arab kingdom. (AFP / Amer HILABI)
June 24, 2018, 12:52 am
Saudi women take the wheel for first time as driving ban expires
Female drivers hit the streets minutes after ban ends at midnight, with many more expected to celebrate historic reform Sunday by taking moms for ice cream
By AFP
A Saudi woman uses an electronic driving simulator during a driving workshop for women in the Saudi capital Riyadh on June 21, 2018 (AFP PHOTO / FAYEZ NURELDINE)
June 22, 2018, 9:36 am
Saudi Arabia gears up to end women driving ban on Sunday
Potentially thousands of female drivers set to take the wheel in long-awaited rite of passage
By Anuj Chopra
This November 30, 2014, image made from video released by Loujain al-Hathloul, shows her driving toward the United Arab Emirates-Saudi Arabia border before her arrest on December 1, 2014, in Saudi Arabia. (AP Photo/Loujain al-Hathloul, File)
June 21, 2018, 6:01 pm
In Saudi Arabia, men still drive gender policy
Reforms instituted by Prince Mohammed bin Salman, including one allowing women behind the wheel, only chip at surface of a system, and society, that many say has far to go
By Natacha Yazbeck
Illustrative: In this Saturday, March 29, 2014 file photo, a woman drives a car in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, as part of a campaign to defy Saudi Arabia's ban on women driving. (AP/Hasan Jamali)
June 20, 2018, 3:08 pm
Saudi Arabia arrests two women’s rights activists
Nouf Abdelaziz and Mayaa al-Zahrani are being held incommunicado, and were arrested earlier this month following the detention of at least 14 other campaigners
By AFP
A Saudi woman, 'Noura,' preparing for a training session at the Bikers Skills Institute, a motorcycle driving school on the outskirts of Riyadh, June 3, 2018. (AFP Photo/Fayez Nureldine)
June 12, 2018, 4:33 pm
Saudi women rev up motorbikes, as end to driving ban nears
Lifting of decades-old prohibition slated for June 24, but celebrations are muted as government detains well-known women’s rights activists
By Anuj Chopra
This November 30, 2014, image made from video released by Loujain al-Hathloul, shows her driving toward the United Arab Emirates-Saudi Arabia border before her arrest on December 1, 2014, in Saudi Arabia. (AP Photo/Loujain al-Hathloul, File)
May 19, 2018, 12:55 pm
Saudis detain 7 women’s advocates ahead of driving ban lift
Riyadh accuses the women, who continue to protest restrictive guardianship laws, of ‘attempting to undermine the security and stability of the kingdom’
By AFP
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